Barbara Laker

A new state report finds that children’s exposure to lead is much worse than previously known. State lawmakers detail legislation to help protect children from lead’s toxic scourge.

The Police Department put Inspector Anthony Washington in charge of the Special Victims Unit, despite past sexual-harassment complaints. Advocates for rape victims are dismayed, but Washington’s supporters say his past isn’t problematic.

Wolf's $100M plan would be funded by a tax on natural gas extraction. An industry executive and two Republican spokespeople spoke out against the tax.

Talks are expected to resume Sunday afternoon.

Here's what city and school officials did to help protect children from health hazards in the wake of the Inquirer's two-year investigation, Toxic City.

The Philadelphia school district spent the summer cleaning up seven schools where the Inquirer's "Toxic City: Sick Schools" investigation found the highest numbers of cancer-causing asbestos fibers. Then, new problems surfaced.

A new law in Philadelphia will require for the first time that public schools must be certified as safe from lead-paint hazards.

Police said there was no sign of forced entry.

Police said the suspects were found cutting up a carpet with the body inside.

Michael White was held for trial on a third-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of developer Sean Schellenger in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.